AlphaMikeFoxtrot

Blame Canada!

He might have selected another sport entirely for college. I do expect some aristocrat, like Larry Robbins or *gasp* Murry Gunty, who is a college hockey dad to sue the NCAA to force an exception for hockey. Another lawsuit angle is something involving the Post Grad year that kids do at NEPSAC and similar schools, which have plenty of aristocratic parents as well.

If you want to know which schools might shutter (or cut hockey out of desperation to save money), this lists the financial health of all private non-profits in the US. Some MIAC D3 schools look shaky. Niagara, Merrimack, and surprisingly Clarkson all score low. AIC and Mercyhurst are low too if that's any indicator. https://www.forbes.com/lists/college-financial-grades/

Cole Smith with an apple on the goal that kept Vegas in the game. Getting one before the 1st ended was massive. I keep thinking I see Sioux jerseys in the crowd, but they are Whalers green.

NHL is secondary to NCAA puck for me, so I might be off base here, but it seems like nobody ever thrives there and then wind up doing better elsewhere.

Hopefully once all commits from prior to Chyzyk coming aboard are either on campus or going elsewhere they take can advantage of this more. The new 5 in 5 may draw out MJ accepting its new place in the development pyramid now that the older and more experienced players touted as college hockey's biggest advantage won't be as prevalent. Brad and the rest of the college hockey pundits said it was only a matter of time until they came to terms with it, but who knows now.

Good catch. My bad

With him it's especially tough given his dad is an NHL exec and we have a reputation for being a good landing spot for kids with NHL family ties. The Leafs GM's son committing to DU is interesting given the Carle rumors being shot down.

Did not imagine Blake on the hottest line in the playoffs. Good for him. His swag/drip/etc. likely resonates with some blue chips. Hope to someday read about a kid from the suburbs we normally wrote off as shoo in for the Gophers saying how their favorite player is Blake and that influenced their decision to pick UND.

Graduation rate will decline, hopefully they brought that up when selling the exemption and alternative since that's supposed to be the point of it all. We will see fewer (if any) Cooper Simpsons staying loyal to their hometown through high school and more Cole Bumgarners going to juniors too early.

Bit late, but Blake was on Chiclets earlier this month

Duluth lurkers must have pointed it out to them, it's gone now

Watching the series where they swept us in our building it was clear who the better team was. Had they not been seemingly deliberately injuring our players that year and we had our full team healthy, but that's a double hypothetical from a decade ago at that point. Once the Plantes are gone, Duluth will fade away (unless they somehow land the next Ferschweiler after Sandy retires to his cabin).

Realistically we weren't beating Duluth the next game in 2017. But by the end of the the 5OT I wanted the game to be over. We have some demons to exorcise in Fargo next March. Crazy how that's the case, it should be a free pass to the Frozen Four.

No, but broadcasts are better quality every year and more easily scrutinized. The last few times a goal was called back in games I was watching, I knew there would be a challenge if a goal was scored. The Fargo Screwjob will never stop stinging, but it did result in a rule change defanging challenges.